Reader Letters | Kentucky counties, cartoonists, liberals, slaughter

Too many counties

Recently, I read an article that California with an area of l55,959 square miles , has only 58 counties. Kentucky with an area of 39,728 square miles has 120 counties. Few Kentuckians ride a horse or walk to the county seat anymore to conduct their business. So why do our legislators continue to fund the rebuilding of county courthouses when the population continues to decline in comparison with other states?

Someone should tell those folks in Frankfort that the telephone, automobile and computer have fostered great changes in the United States. Why don't our elected representatives recognize these marvels, and act constructively and responsibly to allocate the spending of our hard earned tax dollars?

Let's reduce the number of these fiefdoms.

LLOYD CHILTON

Louisville 40223

Ryan toll cartoon

I loved the cartoon of Paul Ryan Toll Road but I think it should have been the Republican Toll Road. I mean it stands for the whole GOP agenda its always been give to the rich take from everyone else. It reminds me of another cartoon - a chicken voting for Col. Sanders is like a working person voting for a Republican.

RANDOLPH CHECK

Bloomfield, Ky. 40008

Likes Benson better

Surely the Courier-Journal must realize the vitriolic messages that Mr. Murphy inflicts on us nearly every day with childish drawings does not help its image when they offend as they often do. Of course, being the only game in town, it probably isn't a priority. I realize some cartoonists mistakenly pride themselves in deeply offending. To your credit, though, you occasionally substitute a Lisa Benson cartoon, though not often enough. Ms. Benson tells it like it is without the mean-spirited approach and with actual artistic ability. How about letting us readers see more of Ms. Benson's work. Couldn't hurt.

D. A. SCHROEDER

Louisville 49219

Typical liberals

It's the typical liberal/Democratic response; when they lose the argument against common sense and facts, they resort to defamation and attacks. It's easy to attack an institution like the NRA. By doing that, the anti-gun crowd and their minions -including the CJ - attempt to belittle law abiding citizens and try to make them appear as ignorant lemmings.

I think most gun owners and outdoors' enthusiasts are like me - law abiding, patriotic, and responsible. I don't belong to the NRA, I ignore their mailings and emails, and am perfectly capable for making up my own mind. It seems the opposition wants to put us in the same category as themselves - in need of control by others (the government?) and unable to make up their own minds.

When they can't come up with any sound gun control measures that will prevent another Aurora, Sandy Hook, or other mass shootings, they revert to insanity, and attempt to belittle not only a benign institution like the NRA - but good citizens who believe in the constitutional rights that have kept this country free for over 225 years.

MATTHEW SIMS

Louisville 40299

Slaughtering ourselves

"The Horror! The Horror!" is a short statement uttered by a miserable haunted character in Joseph Conrad's novel 'Heart of Darkness.' It and Robert Burns' prose, "Man's Inhumanity to Man" speak to the human condition that drives us to slaughter ourselves.

How did it come to this? We are supposed to be a Judeo-Christian country with laws and mores that forbid this mindset. Yet here we are, rushing to buy these weapons of war that are meant for one thing only.

The NRA (Neolithic Reactionary Absolutist) have seized the moment and defined the debate on their narrow interpretation of Article II which specifies, "a well regulated militia." Wayne Lapierre's NRA (Never Regulate Anything), is repulsed by any regulation that would give up one bullet or weapon. If you follow his logic then weaponized drones could be used for hunting and protecting the homestead. Please recall that Article II was written in 1791 when one-shot muskets defeated the Indians and the mighty British army.

When I hear men of God telling their faithful to arm up and bring their weapons to worship I pray for their spiritual clarity. I missed the parable where Jesus tells his apostles to get their slings and stones, stand their ground, and kill their neighbors.

The voices of reason have been drowned out by the recoil of the AR-15 and the ever present conspiracists who scream the government is coming for your guns. The NRA (New Religion Assembly) has paid the politicians their pieces of silver and they have betrayed the American people. Instead of trying to control this contagion the NRA (Never Responsible Anything) wants everyone to have a gun. Which begs the question: Who is in charge and why?

JOSEPH C. WOHLLEB

Louisville 40205

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Reader Letters | Kentucky counties, cartoonists, liberals, slaughter

Recently, I read an article that California with an area of l55,959 square miles, has only 58 counties. Kentucky with an area of 39,728 square miles has 120 counties.